stage 1, 2020 creek oil 2
6:40 PM: this is stage 1 of 2020 creek oil 2, which i worked on early this afternoon. it’s a preliminary sketch, realyy, and will undergo significant changes tomorrow. the deep red on the right is called persian rose, made by my favorite oil paint manufacturer: williamsburg originating from the williamsburg neighborhood of brooklyn, where i was born and spent the first 5 years of my life.
2:34 PM: well, here i am again in my beautiful, quiet, excellently lit studio! i’ve been looking at the newly stretched 26 x 78” canvas ever since i stretched it sometime last week, i think, (time is altered with covid, as you may have noticed). i made a change to watercolor/collage 124, which i started work on 9/22. in comparing the two, BELOW, you’ll notice a new blue in the central quadrant. it breaks up the grey, but more importantly, injects whizz into the composition, letting your eye know where it stands in this chaos we’re experiencing
there are lots of these on our property; i just never noticed them. they are very small and hug the earth.
8:38 AM: this is cactus-like, but not a cactus. perhaps my friend barb will know; i’ll send it to her. is that a scintillating red, or what? it will likely show up in a painting soon.
we’re awaiting a big change in the weather tomorrow night. our record breaking high temperatures will give way to possible snow showers sunday night, with a high temperature monday of only 57° F. todays high temperature, on the other hand, may be as high as 80° F, which would be a record high.
i might possibly start painting that 26 x 78” canvas i stretched a few week ago; we’ll see. my air compressor gave out after years of service, so until i can get a new one, i’ve gone back to the old tried and true technique of hammering tacks, which i actually kind of like. using the staple gun with the compressor isa bit too violent. whereas using a staple gun without the aid of a compressor is too hard on my hand and arm.